Alexander Macbain
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- Born
- 1855
- Died
- 1907
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Ptolemy's geography of Scotland
- Scoto-Celtic Studies
- How to learn Gaelic
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
- Celtic mythology and religion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Stirling
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Employer
- British Ordnance Survey
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Alexander Macbain photo, from An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language.jpg
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- date of death
- 1907-04-04
- date of birth
- 1855-07-22
- Commons category
- Alexander Macbain
- Commons Creator page
- Alexander Macbain
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Ca Mè Mallorquí
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